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Jeff Beck, The Mahavishnu Orchestra: Winterland San Francisco CA

Joel Selvin, Rolling Stone, 3 July 1975

JEFF BECK seems determined to be taken seriously as a significant rock instrumentalist, stepping out from behind his British pop star facade. Not only his performance, but its on-tour coupling with relatively avant-garde Mahavishnu John McLaughlin, served to emphasize Beck's new role.

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